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Publisher in Ordinary to Her Majesty. Ager:ts for Scotland, Messrs. Bell and Bradfute, Edinburgh ; for I: eland—Mr. John Cumming, Dublin. *** Orders received by all Booksellers. The publication of THE SUN NEWSPAPER commenced this day at 10 minutes past Three o' Clock. WITH WHICH TRH TRUE SUN" Is NOW INCORPOP.ATED. : THUR SDAY EVE OND ON NING, FEBRUARY B, 1838. The Hccst of LORDS did meet yesterday ; and in the HousE of C OMMONS the sitting was short, whilst the business trans-Acted was small in amount, as well as inconsiderable in inroortance. A summary of the proceedings, therefore, would be but a repetition of our Parliamentary report, to which, we deem it better to refer the reader desirous of learning the de tails. We may, however, state here, that amongst the peti tions presented, there were seven in favour of a remission of the sentence passed on the Glasgow Cotton-spinners. The Controverted Elections Bill was postponed till the 14th ; the second reading of the Rating of Tenants' Bill, after some little desultory discussion, was also postponed till April. Mr. O'CONNELL obtained leave to bring in a Bill to amend the Law of Libel. Lord JOHN RUSSELL, it will be seen, coupled with an indistinct answer to Mr. MACLEAN, relative to Lord DURHAM'S Canada instruction, a declaration, "that Sir Jolts COLBORNE was removed for no cause in the slightest degree derogatory either to his character or reputation." An important question of international law has arisen between this country and the United States, which, threatening war as its consequence, demands the most calm and serious consideration. The Bri tish accuse the Americans of violating the laws of nations by supplying the insurgents on Navy Island with ar.us, ammunition, and men ; the Americans ac cuse the British of having violated those laws by se:zing an American vessel in an American port, and 'destroying her. The people of both countries enter tain in many cases, a warm and just indignation against those who violate the laws, as, for example, the laws against robbery or murder, and there is some reason to apprihend that they may extend a similar in dignation to the presumed violation of international law, losing that calmness which, on such an important sub ject, they ought carefully to preserve. Should that he the case, mutual and exasperated cri mtnations will prevent the two Governments from settling the dispute, and war will be the result. It seems therefore proper at this time to remind the public that what is called international law is nothing more nor less than the theoretical generalization by skilful writers of the practices of Sovereigns and Go vernments. They have in some cases endeavoured to defend those practices, by deductions from the laws of morality, or the natural principle of self-defence ; but in general they have contented themselves with refer ing to th;; conduct of the rulers of Europe. To violate. the laws of nations so laid down is in fact ne;:bing more than to depart from the practice:,. of Go vernments in past times, and as their practices have slot always been righteous or wise, to violate them, may be deserving, not of indignation, but of approval. For example, it was quite consistent with the laws of nations that Great Britain and France waged, in the middle of the last century, a long war with each other, to determine which of the two should be the Sovereign of a few hundred leagues of barren soil in America ; but it would be very wrong in us to follow that example, in or der to settle with the United States the boun dary line between their possessions and ours. It was quite consistent, too, with the laws of nations that Great Britain should enforce, at a somewhat earlier period, her right to cut logwood in the Bay of Campeachy by her fleets and her armies ; but we shall certainly not now go to war with France, as in former times we should possibly have gone, because she un wisely and unjustly excludes by a tax our linen yarn from her markets. The practices of nations towards each other in past times not having been invariably founded on justice, to violate or depart from them ought not, therefore, to excite public indignation like the violation of a law made to repress crimes. Having premised this general statement, we come to the particular case. The British accuse the Ame ricans of violating international laws by i n t er f er i ng t o assist o ne o f the parties in Canada. It is not our wish or our business to defend Mr. MACKENZIE and his. followers, who may be, as the Chronicle says, " a set of worthless miscreants ;" but we should be false to the principles of liberty if we did not contend for the right of any and every people to put an end to a Government by force, if necessary, which they regard as a tyranny. Mr. MACKENZIE may not be supported by the majority of his fellow sub jects, but he declares the Government of the mother country to be a tyranny ; and to bring the question to issue, he hoists the standard of revolt. Arms alone will decide which is right. Don PEDRO, a few years ago, declared the Government of Don MIGUEL in Portugal an usurpation and a tyranny, and he fitted out fleets and equipped armies in our ports, to put He was successful ; and the down th at tyrann y. assistance openly given him in our country having been mo re t h an once q uestioned in Parliament was justified, as consistent with the laws of nations. In like manne r there is now a civil war raging in Spain, and England has actually repealed her Foreign Enlistment Act—always said by the Liberal party here to be foreign to the genius of our Constitution ; • ,L 7 ,„„ - Vle TUE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1838. and did send a legion to Spain with arms and atmnuni. tion to assist one of the contending parties. If, there. fore, the Americans violate international law by assist ing one of the parties in Canada, they only follow the example we have set them, and by our practices they will be justified in the eyes of other nations. The Ame ricans, however, seem equally in fault. A writer in the Chronicle of t; . .. u 'ay reminds us of the followil-L g circumstp- 1817 a number of adventurers, about 150 in number, took possession of Amelia Island, being part of the Spanish terri tories, close to the frontier of the United States, and from thence they either themselves gave annoyance or supplied the Indians with the means of committing outrages on the neigh bouring population of the United States. The Spanish Go vernment were too weak to repress or restrain them. What did the American Government do? They very wisely, pro perly, and vigorously took possession of Amelia Island, and broke up this nest of adventurers. In 181t5, again, the Seminole Indians were committing outrages upon the inhabitants of the United States near the Florida frontier. "As almost On whole of this tribe (says Mr. .out), in his Message to Congress of the 25th March, 1818) inhabits the country within the limits of Florida, Spain was bound by the treaty of 1795 to re strain them from committing hostilities within the United States." But it appears that Spain was then as unable to restrain the Indians belonging to her territory as the American Government, by its own confession, now is to restrain its citizens from joining and giving active aid to the rebel invaders of the territories of Great Britain. What did the American Government do in that instance ? They again wisely and vigorously ordered General Jackson to march into the Spanish •territorics and abate the nuisance; and he took possession of St. Mark's and Pensacola, Spanish forts, garrisoned by Spanish troops. In his general order of the 28th May, 1818, we find the following passage The obligation to restrain them (the hostilities of the Indians) was acknowledged by Spain, but weahn.ess was alleged, The im mutable laws of self-defence, therefore, compelled the Ameri can Government to take possession of those parts of Florida in which t l ,l O Spanish authority could not be maintained." Now this is an analogous case to the seizure of the Caroline, and her destruction in an American port, ex cept that the Americans, both in 1817 and 1818, went a great deal further than the Canadians have gone, for they both took possession of the Spanish territory, and justified their conduct. They are placed precisely in the same predicament as we are, and each nation may justify its own present proceedings by the former con duct of the other. It may be shrewdly suspected that nations, like individuals, are more influenced by a sense of power than a sense of justice, and that the United States being strong, and Spain weak, would be overbearing, in a manner that England, hampered by discontented colonin, will never be to the United States. If brs.;:n now and in past times the practices of natirn'is are, and have been, dictated more by a Kilse of power than a sense of justice, it is clear that it is no solution to the difficulty on either side, to prove that the other nation has not acted according to former practices. We make these remarks with no view to advocate at present either side ; but to guard the public against supposing that the question is per fectly plain, and can be settled by a little declamation. We might add something on the protection which a Government owes its subjects, and which has of late here, in the case of Mr. BELL and the Vixen, been supposed to justify a war with Russia, for detaining an English vessel, accused of violating either a blockade or municipal regulations ; and we might ask how we, under such circumstances, could say a word to the United States for demanding reparation, by the threat of war, for the Caroline, and for the murder of an American citizen ; but the length of our remarks com pels us to stop. We shall merely add, that the duties of a Government to its own subjects, sometimes con flicting with its duties to other nations, make the subject in dispute very complicated and difficult. To decide it off-hand is to plunge into war. In The Sun of this day will be found a second Letter from Mr. SHARMAN CRAWFORD on the sub ject of the Irish Poor Law Bill, to which we earnestly invite public attention. Mr. CRAWFORD will find, by a reference to our Paper of yesterday, that we hold precisely the same opinion that he does, upon the in applicability of the in-door workhouse system to the social and physical condition of Ireland. What further observations we may have to offer upon this measure, we shall reserre till the Bill goes'into Committee. In another part of The Sun will be found a letter on Church -rates, from the pen of our respected cor respondent Mr. CHILDS, of Bungay. Mr. CHILDS doubts the sincerity of Ministers in their unsuccessful attempt last year to relieve the Dissenters from a grievance of which they have so much reason to com plain. We should be sorry to answer for Ministerial sincerity in this as well as in many other points of policy ; at the same time we do not feel our selves justified in charging the Government with hypocrisy, until we have been convinced of the fact by a reasonable amount of evidence. Now, with all deference to our excellent correspondent, we think he has not adduced this evidence. We may admit that Ministers were slow, and perhaps even reluctant, to take up the question of the abolition of Church-rates as a Cabinet measure. But might not that have been owing to the Dissenters them selves ? Were they as active as they ought to have been ? Did they agitate sufficiently ? As soon as the Church-rate abolitionists showed that they were in earnest by holding meetings all over the country — and by petitions to Parliament, numerously signed, furnished the Government with valid grounds for proposing a change in the law—a measure for the total abolition of Church-rates was introduced into the House of Commons by the CHANCELLOR of the Ex-, CHEQUER. The measure met with the unanimous approbation of the Dissenting body. It was, in their estimation, every thing that could have been wished, reconciling interests apparently the most conflicting, and laying the foundation of religious peace and har mony in the community at large. We really think that, taking into consideration the circumstances in which the Ministers were placed—the clamour, the obloquy, and the misrepresentation to which they ex posed themselves from the numerous and influential class of persons who regarded the abolition of Church rates as a measure that struck at the very vitals of the Established Church—this desertion on this ques tion of some of their own firmest supporters, which they must have anticipated ; the introduction of such a measure is itself no mean test of their sincerity. But be that as it may—for we are not called upon to adjudicate on this point—the great question for the Dissenters to consider is, What is best to be done at the present moment ? Mr. CHILDS, , and probably a considerable number of the more sanguine among the Dissenters, are for an immediate repetition of the agi tation that took place in the latter part of 1836. We are unwilling to damp the ardour of conscientious men in a good cause ; but it may be a matter for reflection, whether much benefit would be produced by a course of agitation, until the inquiry instituted into those ecclesiastical funds, out of which it was proposed that the fabric of the Church should be supported, is brought to a conclusion. A Com mittee of the House of Commons, it will be recollected, was appointed for this purpose last year, and has been renewed this Session. The Government therefore, we apprehend, cannot take any steps of a legislative nature until the result of the investigation be known. Let the spirit of resistance to the hateful impost, however, be kept up without abatement. Let the practical evil of the nuisance be kept constantly before the public eye : and the remedy, the abolitionists may rest assured, will not be long delayed. Mr. LUSIIINGTON, the Member for Ashburton, acquired some well-earned approbation by the tempe rate and judicious check he gave in the debate before the recess ) to the too generous ardour of Air. LEADER in behalf of the Canadians: He has now rendered the public another and a more important service, by publishing an able pamphlet entitled the " Dilemmas of a Churchman." The character' he has acquired for moderation, and his standina society, will give great weL,O,-,., t^ I .; : i's statements, and we must inform members of the Church of England, particularly the Clergy, that they cannot allow his pamphlet to go unnoticed or unrefuted. To the Dissenters it will give sharp weapons impelled by a powerful hand. He begins by relating an anecdote to show that Churchmen cannot distinguish the members of their own Church from Dissenters, he havi)V been taken for both, awl he affirms that mill;.bns of Churchmen t w io o n tr , l , d be subject to the snie "contradictory representa by tion" lorethren, they-lieMg " discouraged from the pursuit of theological enquiry." He next de monstrates very neatly, " from the young member of the Establishment never asking why he goes to Church," while the son of the Dissenter is driven " to ask why he does not go ?"—why he must, "in rejecting the Establishment, submit to much worldly mortification," that the Dissenters are necessarily far better instructed in theology than the members of the Church Esta blishment. The latter he describes as having " doe trines palmed upon their ignorance," which they " re peat by rote, and confound with prayer ; they follow the manccuvre of a fugleman in the reading-desk, and wheel round to the cast with the surpliced band of choristers like a disciple of Zoroaster." Thus drilled by rote ) and sweetly bribed by numerous advantages into an acquiescence in what is taught, the member of the Establishment has physical means, but not motives for acquiring knowledge. The Es tablishment stifles the mind. The principle thus de monstrated is of great importance at this time in re lation to the project of increasing the Establishment, both in England and in Scotland. In this part of the pamphlet, we find a most serious charge against the English Clergy. Mr. LUSHING TON says " that the ritual is acknowledged, by many conscientious clergymen, to be full of ob noxious errors," which he affirms, however, that the " majority of the Clergy conspire to maintain.' The Establishment not only stifles the mind, but the Clergy conspire to maintain the errors which they palm upon -the ignorant. That is the accusation of Mr. LUSHINGTON, Member of the House of Commons ; and the Clergy of the Establishment must repel it by proving, that they wilfully preserve no errors, or they must lie under the serious imputation. The Church, Mr. LUSHINGTON observes, is di vided into Orthodox Churchmen and Evangelicals. The late Lord LIVERPOOL filled the Church with the former, " regardingthe latter as most mischievous ;" and the latter declare that the " Gospel is not preached by the Orthodox Churchmen;" whose preaching—so say the Evangelicals—" leads their hearers down to the chambers of death." The contest between these factions, we are told, "continued _with unabated rancour, till the imminence of Church Reform forced them to conclude a truce, to avoid the evil." As they so solemnly de nounce each other, let us ask, in the name of the pub lic, which of these factions—both of which conspire to preserve error—is to be favoured, in any increase of the Church, at the cost of the Dissenters ?• The public will recollect, that of late a number of meetings of the Clergy have been held, at which, par ticularly at Northallerton, they declared positively against the power of the State to alter the rubric in any manner, without the consent of the Convocation. They went so far as to say, that they preferred obe dience to the Church to obedience to the State, and separation to submission. Their fervour for the rubric was chiefly caused by their dislike of the late Marriage Act. But while the Clergy deny the power of the State to improve the rubric, they themselves alter or omit parts of it as suits their own opinion and convenience. Mr. LUSHINGTON shows that they do this in relation to the ceremonial of matrimony. He quotes Mr. CROLY, a great an tagonist of tile new Marriage Act, who has allowed that " there are passages rather broad"—that is, rather indecent—" but virtually extinct, for they arc never read at the altar." "In this," says Mr. LUSIIINGTON, " he goes too far ; the rich may pur chase an exemption from indecency, but the ex hortation is not unfrequently read for the edification of the poor." The clergy alter the rubric for the money of the rich, while they compel the poor to submit to indecent exhortations. " Mr. CROLY," adds Mr. LUSIIINGTON, " must know that every clergyman who mutilates any portion of the prayer-book service is guilty of perjury ;" but the clergy frequently do that ; claim the se p arat i on o f Ch urc h a nd State, and loudly when the Legislature presumes to perform what the the meanest curate takes on himself. We might refer to several other passages in this able pamphlet, but we must stop. It becomes, however, a most important subject for the consideration of the Legislature, whether this Church, which fosters error, and is now disobedient to the State—which stifles the mind and checks inquiry—can with any safety, or any propriety, have its power and its wealth increased. The vast means already placed at its disposal have not ensured the religious instruction of the people. " Two-thirds of the lower orders in London," said Sir THOMAS BERNAR - D, 44 live as utterly ignorant of the doctrines and duties of Christianity, and are as arrant and unconverted Pagans, as if they existed in the wildest part of Africa." The late inqui ries of the Ecclesiastical Commissioners h av e, in a measure, confirmed this statement ; and Mr. LusH INGTON Shows that such " P agan ignorance" is the necessary consequence of our Church Establishment. The whole of the Paris Journals of Tuesday have been received. Those of an official and semi-official complexion deplore the defeat of the Cabinet on the great question of the grant of a pension to the widow of General DANIREMONT. It will be remembered that the Cabinet proposed to grant this lady and her children a pension of 10,000 francs (4001.) a-year, as a testimony of the national appreciation of the gallantry of her husband, who was killed by a cannon shot at the storming of Constantine. The Committee to which the proposed grant was referred, recommended its reduction to 6,000 f. (2901.) a-year during the life of the widow, and in the event of her premature death, to be withdrawn from her children on attaining their majority. After a long debate, in the course of which the Ministers, supported by M. THIERS, opp ose d the amendment, it was carried against them by a majority of sixteen votes. Another division took place on the passing of the Bill in its amended form, when it was carried by a majority of three hundred and fifty-five votes to thirty-six ! This defeat of the Cabinet has greatly annoyed the KING, who had pre v i ous l y p l e d ge d himself to make an ample provision for th e f am il y o f the deceased Commander of his armies in Africa. The intelligence from Spain, received this morning, is wholly embodied in the following telegraphic de spatches, published in the Charte of Monday n i g ht, and the Moniteur of Tuesday : " BAYONNE, FEB. 3.—Brigadier Leon arrived on the 28th at Pampeluna, having surprised on his road a battalion of Car lists, who had lost many killed and 40 prisoners. On the 31st he again attacked and beat the Carlists at Echarry, in con sequence of which they concentrated themselves in Ulzama, and evacuated the vallics on the frontier. Rejoicings had taken place at Bilboa for the affair at Balmaseda. " BAYONNE, FEB. 4.—The interpellations commenced in the Cortes on the 26th ult. terminated by an order of the day with a motion in favour of Ministers, which was voted by 103 deputies against 125." Letters from Bayonne to the 2d instant state that in the rencontre between Brigadier LEON'S troops and the Carlists, mentioned in the first of the above dis patches, the rebels had twenty kilW, besides the wounded ape! prisoners. A Christino officer, named URBAN, succeeded in capturing a Carlist convoy of twenty intiles laden with wiiic i nil, qud cscort of twenty men on their way from France to the Carlist head-quarters. The booty was safely conveyed to Pampeluna, The following are extracts from the Journals :- The Marquis d'gspeja has frequent conferences with the President of the Council, and yesterday morning he was ab sent an hour in the Cabinet of that Ministers It is affirmed that in conseqtienee dl dO,patelits which he had received from Madrid the evening before, the Queen's Envoy has sent to the Government new questions, as precise and urgent, respecting its intentions with regard to The A r iiiionj says, not only is the project of surrounding he capital with forts not abandoned, bat the pfeservation of the materials of Fort L'gpire, the expropriation of the site, the retaining and enclosing of the ground already obtained, are a striking proof of this ; but what is still more to the purpose, the Budget of the War Department has paid for hose four years the salaries of the Governors of these torts, which exist at resent only on paper. Do you wish to know their names? Take the Military Calendar for 1838, an official work published by especial permission of the King on documents furnished by the War Department, page 88, you will read that Paris is enumerated among the fortified towns ; that it has not yet been closed by the Ordinance of 31st July 1827 ; consequently that it remains to be classed; that Colonel Pozac, Captains d'Origny, De Sampiguy, Thouiret, Ducondie, and Meurizet, and Lieutenant Chaco are the Commandants. Lyons, Nantes, Chateau Neuf, the Fo-t of Cancalle, Cape Corre, and the fortifications of Isere, fortified since 1830, are, like Paris, not yet classed among our fortresses.--Lc Commerce. HANOVER, JAN. 25.-A report which, indeed, is by no means authenticated, says that the Ministry intends not to al low such magistrates to bo elected as have taken the oath of allegiance, with a reservation respecting the Constitution, and also to declare individuals inelegible who have taken the oath with such a reservation. As this measure would affect Ostia burer, Struve would have a less hope of obtaining a seat in the Chamber. The daily allowance will be granted, it seems, to the next Assembly of States, notwithstanding the King's aversion to the practice. At first it was in tended to grant allowances to the Ministers of the Second Chamber only, and to express a " hope that the Ministers of the First Chamber would make it a point of honour to re nounce their allowances. However, the resolution to grant the allowances is said to have been adopted chiefly at the sug gestion of the Equestrian Order of Lunenburg. BERLIN, FEB. M.-The statements of the measures against the Archbishop of Cologne, drawn up by order of the Go vernment, is now published, with the Appendix containing 24 original documents, and four translations from the Latin. They were published only the day before yesterday, by A. NV. Hayn, a great number of copies have been sold, and the price being very low, only - 4 1 - dollar for eleven sheets, its sale will doubtless be extensive. -AI/gamine Zeitung, Feb 2. FRENCH FUNDS-PARIS, FEB. 6. rive per Cents.. 109 f. 65c. 70c. 75c. Four and a Half tier Cents. 105 f, 60c. Four per Cents., 1021. 20c. Dire, per Cents. 79f. 75c. 70c. SOc. Actions, 2,652 f ., 50c. 2,635 f. 2,640 f. dente de Naples, 981. SOc. Roman Five p er Cents., 101%. Spanish Actives, 193 y. Spanish Passives, 44. Belgian Loan, 1033 t. Belgian Bank, 1,507 f. 50c. 1,510 f. Portuguese Loan, Three per Cents. 1731. Hayttan Loan. 385 f. EXCHA NOR CI LONDON. One month, paper, 25f. 45e. ; money, 25f. 42%c. Three months, paper, 25f. 32%c. ; money, '2sf. 30c. LAST PRICES. Five per Cents. 109 f. SOc. Three per Cents., 79f. SOc. Bank Actions, 26421. 50c. Romans ' 101%. Belgian Loan, 103%. Belgian Bank, 1,510 f. Spanish Actives, IfIN. Spanish Passives, 44. Haytlan Loan, 385 f. SALFORD ELECTION COMMITTEE (THIS DAY.) WITHDRAWAL OF THE PETITION. The Committee met this morning at eleven-o'clock. Mr. TRESSIGER said, that since the Committee had separated last night, the Counsel on behalf of the petitioners had consulted together, as to the effect of the decision then come to upon their case, and they certainly felt that it was quite fatal. It was not his wish to offer any observation in the slightest degree disparaging to the decision of the Committee; he felt respect for it, but he certainly must say that he anticipated a contrary decision. It had taken him entirely by sur prise, and perhaps the Committee would allow him to say a few words with regard to the hardship of the situation in which the petitioners were placed. They had at a very considerable expense prepared for this contest, in which, upon: his own responsibility, he undertook to say, they had a strong, if not an overwhelming case. They found themselves met, in the outset of their attempt to establish their case, by that which was called by his Learned Friend, very properly, a strictly. technical objection—that objection arising from no fault of theirs, nor from anything over which they could have had the slightest eontroul. The returning officer, who was a political opponent of the petitioner, had, contrary to the duty which was imposed upon him by the Act of Parliament, printed lists, which did not correspond with the original register. There was no power given by the Act of Parliament to any party to inspect the original register; he was permitted only to have printed copies, which the returning officer was required to fur nish. His attention, therefore, would only be directed to those printed copies, which were the copies delivered to the deputies at the poling places. They were the only subject matter of reference, and all parties considered them as the documents to which reference ought to be made. Under the circumstances which had arisen, he submitted to the deci. sion of the Committee, which was fatal to his case. It was wholly unexpected, because he must confess, on the facts which he submitted to the Committee yesterday, that he did not expect to be shut out from the opportunity of establishing them against the sitting Member. The de cree, however, had gone forth, and he was bound to abide by it ; he did not seek to reverse it ; but he would say on his own responsibility that it terminated a case which, if the merits had been inquired into, would have been seen to rest on no factious grounds, but on a very solid foun dation, and that the decision would most probably have been adverse to the sitting Member. Mr. AUSTEN saw that his Learned Friend having retired from the Committee, the only duty of the Committee was to confirm the choice of the electors of Salford, and report to the House of Commons that Mr. Brotherton had been duly elected and returned, and was the sitting Member for the Borough of Salford. It never occurred to him before, to hear such a speech as had just been delivered by his Learned Friend, the obvious intention of which was, not to produce an effect upon the Committee—not to do an act of justice to his client, for the Committee had done that, and so had the constituency of Salford ; but the obvious intention was, that it should be printed and distributed elsewhere for other purposes. His Learned Friend said the objection was one of strict law. NVas not the objection to the voter of that description ? Was it not absurd to sup pose that a man residing in a house worth 1001. a-year on the 31st of July should, because he had removed to another on the 2d of August worth 1501., he struck off the poll ? Could any objection be more tech nical than this? If the Legislature left the voter exposed to such an objection, was it not the duty of every man to take any technical objee tion for the purpose of defending what ought to be the franchise, al though by some mistake or carelessness of the Legislature it might not be sot His Learned Friend said he had no means of guarding this objection. The agents for the sitting Member had guarded against it by objecting to the voters on the poll, and the other side might have done the same. Besides this, they had - access to the register, and actually inspected it, and yet his Learned Friend came here and uttered what was intended to have an echo in Salford, that they had no means of preparing themselves; that they had a case of merit, but that Mr. Garnett was sacrificed to a technical objection. Mr. Garnett, however, might content himself, for he never would represent the bo_ rough of Salford so long as he lived. His Learned Friend had said that ho had an overwhelming case. He (Mr. Austell) would undertake, on his own responsibility, to say that he also had an overwhelming case, and never entertained the slightest doubt, from the beginning, what the re sult of the inquiry would be. Mr. THESSIGER remarked that when he addressed the Committee. he had no intention of doing so for the purpose hinted at by his Learned Friend. He felt it his duty to state the circumstances which had in duced him to retire from the contest. Mr. FROST, the boroughreeve, said he wished to clear himself from the imputation which had been cast upon him as returning officer. The CHAIRMAN said he was not aware that there was any imputatio❑ against him. The room was then cleared; and on our re-admission the Chairman announced that the Committee had agreed to the following resolutions :- 1. Resolved—That Joseph Brotherton, Esq., is duly elected to serve as a burgess, in the present Parliament, for the borough of Salford. 2. Resolved—That the petition of William Garnett, Esq , and others, aga;nst the said return, does not appear to this Committee to be frivolous or vexstious. 3. Resolved—That the opposition of Joseph Brotherton, Esq., to the sa id petition does not appear to this Committee to be frivolous or vexatious. ROXBURGH ELE HISCTIONDAY COMMIT- The Committee met at eleven o'clock ; but immediately after assem bling, orders were given by the Chairman that strangers should withdraw On our readmission, the CHLIRMAN announced that the Committee had come to the following resolutions, by way of recommendations to Counsel for petitioners : _ " 1. Counsel for petitioners are recommended to bear in mind the re solutions passed yesterday by the Committee. 2. counsel for petitioners are recommended to proceed with that Pa rt of the case which relates more particularly to the l as t e l ect i on. " Mr. THESSIGER wished to know if, by these resolutions, Counsel for petitioners were debarred from going into evidence with respect to the riots which took place at the election for 1835. This he conceived to be a most essential part of the case, as showing the systematic violence that had been resorted to, to deter the Conservative electors from going to t h e poll. The CHAIRMAN said that he had received no particular instruc tions whatever from the Committee to that effect, but he under stood such to be their intention at present. It would be afterwards a matter of discretion with them as to whether they would receive such evidence. Mr. AtiSTEN then tendered in evidence the letter of Baillic Good.. fellow, dated July 31, offering to take upon himself and his brother Magistrates the preservation of the peace in the town of Hawick during the election. "-- Mr. Sergeant MEREWETHER objected to the admissibility of the do cument, and after a lengthened argument the room was ordered to be cleared. After a few minutes' deliberation the doors were again opened, and the Chairman announced that the Committee had resolved upon not re ceiving the letter in evidence. Mr. At7hTEN then tendered evidence in support of the charges of inti. midation and rioting; and a voter named Berwick was under examina tion when our Reporter left. IPSWICH ELECTION COMMITTEE. (THIS DAY.) The Committee resumed its sitting this morning, at eleven o'clock, and went into consultation upon the vote of Philip Spizcy, the objections against which were heard yesterday. The division was in favour of the vote. Mr. THESSIGER next moved that the name ofJohn Parker be struck off the poll, on the ground of disqualification fly Change Of residence; and upon hearing the evidence ofthe parish ()Meet (Harnier), Poufic on thE part of Mt. Waiaj fomented that the Vote be struck off. The vote of Robert Hornsby Was Ile',lt ollected to on the game ground. After hearing counsel, the Committee rejected the vote. MIS gaVe Mr: K RLLY a majority over Mr. TUFFNELL of one. Mr. POLLOctt then proceeded to reduce that majority, by striking off two, from Mr. Kelly's votes. . . The first vote which he entered upon, was that of John Gibbon, Woodbridge-road—the objection being loss of qualification by change of residence. It was proved by the Collector of Poor Rates, and another witness, that Gibbon had removed before the election, July last, and that a Mr. Dobson occupied the house, and was rated for it subsequently to July. (To be Concluded in a Second Edition.) CHANCERY COURT.-(THIS DAY.) This being the fir.q, Seal after Hilary Term, the Lorin CHA\ChT•LO R to•dity, ATTOANMCIENEIiAL MiraEff. This Wee an application upon motion for the substitution df the llama of Mr. Augustus smith, And elf: B¢nlamitt Martin, as relators, in the tooth of the Rector, Churchwardens, and over CeVI bf Perkhampstead. The information was filed upwards of 100 years ago, for the ittnpose of ob taining a scheme for the future management of the Berkitathetead School, which was founded by Edward the Sixth. Several pro ceedings had taken place, and orders had been made by Lord Hardwicke, Lord Thurlow, and Lord Eldon. The ap plicant thinking that the present relators were not conducting the proceedings properly, presented a memorial to the Attorney-Gene ral, signed by upwards of 250 of the inhabitants Of nerkhatripttead, re questing permission to present a petition to the Court of Chancery, pray ing that the two applicants might be appointed relators. 'Upon that memorial being heard before the Attorney-Oeneral, that Officer Of the Crown ordered all the proceedings in the infoomation to he stayed, and stated at the same time his opinion to be, that the Charity had been most lamentably managed. Upon that decision of the Attorney-General, the present application was founded. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL and Mr. A:11=1;0N, appeared in support of the application, and Mr. BARBER and Mr. GIRDLESTONE opposed it. The case was ordered to stand over in order that it might be ascer tained whether the Attorney-General meant to stay the proceedings upon the petition that had been presented, as well as upon the informa tion, that Learned Gentleman having only mentioned the latter proceed ing in his order. VICE-CHANCERY.-(TIIIS DAY.) The VICE-CHANCELLOR took motions to.day, it being the first Seal after Hilary Term. No case of any public interest, however, came before the Court previous to our Reporter leaving, the motions being chiefly confined to gentlemen behind the bar. ROLLS' COURT.-(THIS DAY.) Lord LANGDALE resumed his sittings this morning at the Rolls' Court, in Chancery-lane, it being the first Seal after Hilary Term. DEARS V. ELWYN. This was a motion for the appointment of a receiver of the rents and profits of the estate of the testator, Peter Rainier, and for an injunction to restrain the defendants, Dr. and Mrs. Elwyn, from removing certain articles of plate, pictures, &c., from the late residence of the testator. The testator, who was possessed of real and personal property to the amount of fifty thousand pounds, made a will in England, in fa vour of his relations, and afterwards went to Boulogne, where in the month of May, 1837, he executed a testamentary paper, by which he gave to the wife of Doctor Elwyn his pictures, plate, and carriage, and horses, which were of considerable value. It was alleged by the plaintiff that the testator subsequently became imbe cile, and was brought back in October last to London, when a furnished house, in which was deposited his plate, pictures, &c., was taken for him in Lower Grosvenor street by Mrs. Elwyn, where he shortly after wards died. Mr. PEMBERTON and Mr. KINDERSLET were heard in support of the motion. Mr. TINNET and Mr. LoFTUs Wioasm, for the defendant, contended that as there was no dispute at present going on as to who was entitled to the property the Court would not interpose a receiver, and that in the present case the property was in the hands of an officer of the Court. Mr. PEMBERTON replied. Lord LANGDALE—I never heard a case more unsatisfactory or sus. picious than this. I think the best thing I can do is to grant you a receiver, Mr. Pemberton, without giving any special directions for the delivering up of those articles, but to restrain the defendants from part ing with them without the leave of the Court. There being no other motion before the Court, his Lordship rose at 12 o'clock. QUEEN'S BENCH--(THIS DAY.) (Sittings at Nisi Print.) (Before Lord DENMAN and a Common Jury.) LONDON AND BRIGHTON RAILWAY CO3IPANY—CIJNDT'S LINE. WILSON V. EDGAR AND OTIIERS. Mr. ERLE (with whom was Mr. Hodgkin) stated the case. It was an action brought by the plaintiff, who acted as Secretary to the London and Brighton Railway Company (Cundy's Line), against the defendant and three other gentlemen, who acted as the provisional Committee to that Company, to recover compensation for his services, also for the use and occupation of certain offices which were rented from him by the Company, and for certain disbursements made by him to a messenger, assistant, and other purposes of the Company, amounting in the whole to about 2001. A sum of 971. had been paid upon account, and two BUM of 241. and 61. were paid into Court. Jonathan Hitchin—l was one of the Surveyors of Cundy's Brighton Line. In November, 1834, I was present when Mr. Curdy had a con. versation with the plaintiff, Mr. Wilson, at Brighton. Mr. PLATT, for the defendants, contended that some privity should be shown between Cundy and the defendants. The defendants were not connected with the Company for some time afterwards. Mr. EieLE would show that the interest had been purchased by them with an undertaking to pay all the debts and liabilities of the Company. Jas. Austice—l was London Secretary to the Company. I became Secretary in Feb. 1835, and ceased to act in March 1836. The office was No. 77, Cornbill, and then was changed to 31, New Broad street. Messrs. Pike, Morn, and Clarke, were the provisional Committee, and they called fora schedule of the debts, down to March, 1836. Matthew Stocks—l am acquainted with Mr. Wilson the plaintiff, and became a shareholder in 1636. I was appointed one of the Brighton provisional Committee, in April 183(5, and frequently visited the provi_ tional Committee in London. I met the defendants, Mr. Edgar, Mr. Knapp, Mr. John Claudgc, and Mr. Solaire, frequently at the Board in London. The plaintiff acted as Secretary at Brighton, for the Company. I had instructions from the provisional Committee in London, to give orders from time to time to the plaintiff. Part of the plaintiff's duty was to travel about to the neighbouring towns, and a good deal of exer tion was requisite, as the line met with much opposition in London. Mr. Wilson was sometimes obliged to employ assistants. The Company had offices in plaintiff's house, which I should think were extremely mode rate at a guinea per week. I was on the Committee till January, 1837, and the offices were held at that time.—Cross-examined by Mr. Gronat was associated with me for a short The, but after that I was with the provisional Committee for Brighton. I don't know that Mr. Cundy ever gave up his interest in the Company. I was not paid my travelling expenses, although 121. 10s. was allowed me on another account. My expenses, including wear and tear of clothes, would have been twice as much at least. It was some time in 1836, I first saw Mr. Solaire in the Committee-room. I believe the terms with Mr. Wilson were made by letter. A very lengthened correspondence between the plaintiff and Mr. Fourdrinier, the London Secretary of the Company, was then put in and read. Mr Hitchen was then recalled, and proved that an agreement was made between the plaintiff and Mr. Cundy, for offices in plaintiff's house, at one guinea a week, coals and candles to be paid for extra. An attendant or messenger was to be employed from ten to four daily. Plaintiff acted from November, 1834, down to part of 1837, as Secretary, and appeared always very active and zealous in the service of the Company. Cross-examined by Mr. PLATT—I don't know the distinction be tween the old and new Committees, but the line is indebted to me about 700/. I have been compelled to bring an action against the Company for my services for three years, which is now pending. Mr. PLATT objected that there was no evidence to fix the defen dants prior to April, 1836, when they became the provisional Committee. Lord DENMAN wished to see some connecting link between the old Committee and the defendants who began to act in April, 1836. Mr. Storks proved that he had seen the defendants and the old Com mittee acting together. Thomas Mills was engineer to the Company for the last two Sessions, commencing March, 1836. The defendants stated to him that they had given Mr. Cundy a compensation to induce him to relinquish his in terest in the line ; that they had agreed to take the whole of the line off his hands, with the incumbrances. It was stated also that they were to give Mr. Cundy 1,500/., and if they got the Act they were to give him 5,0001. The Assistant and Messenger employed by the defendant proved the services performed by Mr. Wilson. Mr. PLATT then addressed the Jury for the defendants, and stated that he would prove distinctly that the plaintiff had notice from the defendants that they would not be liable for any debts incurred previous to their having taken the concern in April, 1836. The case had not concluded when our Reporter left. COMMON PLEAS--(THIS DAY.) DOE DEM. OF FOYSTER V. KIERNAN. This was an action of ejectment brought to try the title to an estate in South Lambeth, of which the defendant was the tenant in possession. The case presented no feature of interest, and a verdict, under the direction of the COURT, was found for the plaintiff, whose title was fully made out. • SHERIFF'S COURT-(THIS DAY.) STEPHENS V. RA M.-TR ESPASS. This was an action brought to recover damages for divers trespasses committed by the defendant on ground belonging to the plaintiff. The plaintiff' is a market-gardener residing at Ealing, at which place the defendant also resides. It appeared from the evidence that the plaintiff occupied several acres of ground to which the defendant laid claim as proprietor. In May l ast he went int o the ground and commenced pulling up a quantity of fruit trees and vegetables; lie a ft erwards went and took away a quantity of Rower roots. November last he threw down a fence of his own, which parted his land from that occupied by the plaintiff; the consequence was, cattle continually went over the beds, and destroyed the produce. He concluded his trespasses by dig. ging a wide ditch, which destroyed the value of the land; and he had taken possession of that part of the ground, and would not give it up. It appeared, however, that he had no reasonable ground on which to rest his claim, and on the action being brought, he allowed judgment to go by default. The damage was estimated at 161., exclusive of the loss of the ground since the action was brought. The UNDER. SD ERI FE said the Jury could only award the sum sworn to ; and they found for that amount. INSOLVENT COURT-(THIS DAY.) James Woodward Sedgwick, a shoemak n*, applied on his petition to be discharged, Mr. Commissioner BowEN--You only owe 381. Insolvent—That is all, Sir. Mr. Commissioner BowEN—And your insolvency has arisen from your large family. How many children have you ? The poor fellow said he had five under nine years of age. Mr. Commissioner BowEN—All, of course, depending upon You ? The insolvent, whose appearance denoted much poverty, said such was the case. Mr. Commissioner BOWEN--you may be discharged. The insolvent had been taken on Court of Requests' warrants ; he had been in prison since the 21st November. Sarah Jones, the next applicant, who had been a chambermaid at Southend, only owed 221. ; she had been some time in prison, and was ordered to be discharged. Another insolvent named Wood, who only owed '281., was discharged. Mr. Commissioner BOWES— CouId you not keep out of prison ? Insolvent—l could not, Sir. *** What possible benefit could be expected to arise from the im prisonment of these parties, prevented by confinement from swporting their families, and no doubt released with their morals any thing but mended. DOW-STREET.-(THIS DAY.) Cornelius Darnel, describing himself as a brass-founder, was charged oil suspicion, by Peter Fish, who beeps a boot shop in Holborn, with stealing train his shop. It appeared that about s..;ven o'clock last even ing the complainant heard the wire snap, to which a boot was Kilitened, and having repeatedly suffered serious losses by having articled ztolen frt in his door, he ran out, and the first person he met was the prisoner, standing a few paces from the door, and he gave him into custody. The boot was afterwards found at the step of a door convenient. Mr. MINSIIULL said it would be desirable that tradesmen should place their goods beyond the resca of persons passing along the streets. The prisoner said he was merely waiting for a friend returning from work, and had no knowledge of the CirCumstance until he was given in charge —lie was then discharged. James Hobbs, a dealer in fish, was charged by 53 F division with being found quite waked last night, in White If:Id-yard, on another man's back. It appeared that the prisoner and another man laid i wager that the latter would not carry the former a certain distance along the Strand, but when the prisoner was about to mount his pony his C Z , vanion objected to carry him unless he would take off all his ;lollies, as t::5 were not included in the load. After consideCable :". e nss iun 0. 1 prisoner 7as obliged to submit, on pain of his forfeiting the eager, and before they starts:! for the goal the policeman pounced upon tunas, and took the Inlsoner, who s:‘id he once had a brain fever, and at times did not know what he was about. Mr. MiNsirtlLL ordered him to put in bail. WORSHIP STREET.-(THIS DAY.) EMPEZZLEMENT.—Joaeph Dexter, was charged with embezzling various sums of money, the property of the Home and Colonial Infant School Society in Gray's_inn.road. He was a messenger to the Society. The prisoner, who was plunged in the deepest dejection, pleaded in his defence the insufficiency of his salary, and stated that he had not tasted a morsel of food since Tuesda).—Remanded. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY.) Dent, Fen. 7.-Wind S.S.W., moderate.-No arrivals reported. PORTSMOUTH, FEB. 7.-Wind S.S.E. to S., hazy.-Arrived the Stir prisq, Harvey, from lisplrs ; Comet, Bloomfield, from Smyrna; Wert, Ellis, ft`Cfn Bangor; Canarliar: ; from Cardiff; and Eliza, Williamson, 'rem Port Madre, Arrived off port, the Hesperia, Davis, from St. Michael's ; and Eliza, from Bordeaux. Sailed the Demerara Planter, Willie, from London. PLYMOUTH, Fen. 6.-Wind E.S.E.-Arrived the Catherine, Walton, trom Halifax; Wilhelmina, Knit, from Suriwam; and Wm. Haskett'e (steamer), from London. Put back, the Minerva, Vino.l, for NeW York. Sailed the Dewdrop, Fowler, for Newfoundland ; and her Ma jesty's ship Messenger, Eastward. FAtmourn, Fen. 6.-Wind S.E. to S.S.E., fresh gales, with sleet .‘n d rain.-Arrived the Traveller, Coppleman, from Liverpool; - Auroras' Cox, from Calcutta-sailed 31st Aug., from Cape of Good Hope 25th Nov., and from St. lleiena 1I th Dec.-part of her cargo and guns , thrown overboard, with loss of sails, &c., having experienced very' severe weather; Hebe, Galloway, from Sydney, New South Wales- - sailed 26th Sept., with loss of cook-house, bulwarks, &c. ; Dawson, Dawson, from Hobart Town ; Unicorn, Redman, from New Orleans; Resolution, Wilson, from Odessa; and Hercules, from Lisbon. Sailed the Ramona (steamer), King, en a crusic. Vessels spoken with :--- Exchanged signals with the Euphrates, for Calcutta, on the 25th Sept., in lat. 7. 38. N. long., 85. 57. E. ; spoke of London, from Calcutta, for the Isle of France, 6th Oct., in lat. 3. 35. 8, long., 89. 59. E. ; the barque Congo, of and for Bristol, from the Bight of Benin, 21st Dec., ill lat. 1. 42. N. long., 21. 49. W. ; Sir John Beresford, from Singapore, for London, 26th Dee., in lat. 1. 42. N. long., 21. 49. W., by the Aurora ; the American brig Ark, from Liverpool, for Baltimore, 30th Jan., in lat. 48. 04. N. long., 15. 21. W.; and barque Ginhyra, of and for London, from Martinique, sth Feb., in lat. 48. 58. N. long. , 43. 04. W., by the Dawson. Llvnnpoot., FEB. 7.-Wind S., fresh.-Arrived the Strafford, froth New Orleans; Eli Whitney, Dyer, from Savannah; Amphitrite' , Smyrna; Farmer, Smarden, Seville. Arrived off port the Intrepid , from Demerara; Lynx, from Terceira. Sailed the Birmingham, for New York ; Mattakuset, for New Orlenns ; Wilton Wood, for Buenos Ayres; Medora, for Boston; Eliza, Scotland, for Amona. The Lord Hungerford, from London to Calcutta, was spoken with on the 2d Sept., lat. 11., long. 25. DUBLIN, FEB. 6.-Arrived the May Po, Learner, frost; Messina; Somerset, Kemp, from ditto; John, Loughton, from Charleston ; on t"" sth. A board, with John Dugdale on it, in large gilt letters, has been picked up off Lambay, apparently the bulwark of a figure head. CORK, FEB. 5.-Arrived the Bride, Porter, from the Mauritiu s Dedalus, from Bonny. Off port the Medora, from Demerara. NEWRY, Fan. 5.-Arrived the President, Williams, from London. SW4NKEA, Fee. 7.-Arrived the Jolly Tar, Rosignol, from St. Jag° de Cuba. WEXFORD, FEB.-The bows and kelson of a vessel have come on shore near Greenole Point, supposed to have belonged to same of the vessels sunk on Blackwater Bank during the late gales. The Town. Wexford, steamer, hence to Liverpool, has put back and must. discharg e ' DUNDALK, FEB. 5.-The Rose, Williams, of Cork, coal laden, froln Meath to this port, got on shore yesterday to the westward of the Bar , DOVER, FEB. 7.-The Charon, steamer, Hammond, put back ycster . day from Ostend, on account of the ice. WEXFORD, FEB. 2.-The bows and kelson of a vessel have come oh shore near Greenole Point, supposed to have belong ed to some oft ile vessels sunk on Blackwater Bank during the late gale s . The Trnt of Wexford, (steamer), hence to Liverpool, has put back and Mu' discharge. JERSEY, FEB. 5.-The Brutus, Sorrel, bound to Cadiz, in working out of St. Helier's Bay, 3d instant, missed stays and drifted on the rock", close to the Hermitage-she was assisted off the following ti d e ,and warped into the harbour. The Tam O'Shanter, Mitchell, from South Australia, was rui shore near Launceston, 27th Aug., water-logged. CORN AVERAGES. GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH COrtN , ~ t he For (the Week ended Feb. 2, 1535, made up from:the Returtf*,°' ,of Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns in Englan 4 and Via.'es" Imperial Quarter. Wheat sss. 4d. Oats Barley 29u. Od . I Ityst IMPERIAL AGGREGATE AVERAGES OF TILE SIX WEEES PRECEDING. Wheat s3s. M. f 1 Oats Barley 283. 10d, 1 Rye DUTIXS ON FOKEIGN CORN. Wheat 33s. Md. I Oats 16s 9d. I Beans... ...... • ~, Barley f9s. 10d. 1 Rye Out of the one hundred and fifty towns from which the averag es al P l e . taken, t i lie highest weekly average of Wheat was at Uxbridge, where was 635. 9d., the lowest at Haverfordwcst, where it was 475. 4d. MARKETS.-(THIS DAY.) HUNGERFORD MARKET. Fish to-day was plentiful and cheap; Turbot ss. to 18s. and 1 2 -"' for large; Cod Is. 6d. to Ss. 9s. and 10s. ; Soles 6d. to 2s. 6d. and 54 ' per pair ; Lobsters Is. to 3s. each ; Whiting 3d. to Bd. and 10d. W l ' . Meat : Trade not so good, and prices much about as they were. Veged tables were plentiful, but injured by the frost ; prices higher. Hai an Clover in good demand, and prices 2s. to 3s. higher. BILLINGSGATE MARKET. Supplies good, and so was trade prices reasonable for all kinds, eXO I4 , Turbot, which was 21s. for the top price, and down as low as 4s. 6"' Soles, Bd. to 3s. per pair. Lobsters, Is. to 3s. each. Haddock, 4d. 10d. and Is. each. Whiting, 3d. to 10d. each. HAY MARKETS. The supplies to day generally throughout London were but of oM ° ' dcrate character. The demand was good, and prices advanced, a vc ,. - raging as follows :-Meadow Hay, 90s. to 100 s. and 103 s. ; ClOc` ditto, 110 s. to 115 s. and 1235. ; Straw, 355. to 38s. per load, accord/65 to quality. WOOL MARKET. There is a great business doing in th e l ow er sort s of Wool among st the manufacturers, and prices are very firm, and we should 6 " looking up. TALLOW MARKET. P. Y. C. today is steady at 495., but not securing much busines s ' There is not much variation in the Oil Market, either for Seed or Fish• METAL MARKET. This market is in a very quiet state for every description of metals ; prices, are, however, firm and unaltered at present from those of 4 ' 4 week. Spelter to-day fetched 7s. 6d. COLONIAL MARKETS: There was not a single public sale to-day of groceries of any kind' B.P. Sugar sells steadily at previous prices, but there is not much ac' tivity in th e m a rk e t ; a nd R e fi ne d S ugar i s littl e b e tt er th a n nomina l ' Coffee, Tea, Rice, Spices, Cocoa, Saltpetre, Rum, Cotton, and Wig° remain much in the same state and at the same value as quoted Ye s. terday. By private contract there is very little doing; and that littl e is chiefly, as far as groceries are concerned, in Ceylon Coffee, whic h continues to look up in price. Good ordinary is worth 87s. The arrivals at the Customs arc very slender as the navigation is Y et both dangerous and difficult. The orders that there are in town f°' goods are increasing, and every person is looking for a good busincs° when the frost is gone. The business advertised for to-morrow is very slender. The chief articles are Saltpetre and Bengal Sugar; but even these are not to a larg e amount. &sides these are a few Spices. COAL MA Per Ton, s. sl genshain Carr's liarsley 2l 6 Holywell 23 e Leaze's Main Mcdomsley (unscrecned) Ord's Redhugh Wy lam •j 2O 6 Walls End Bewicke aud ' C•.., 25 6 Walls End Grace 23 9 Walls End Killineworth Walls End Braddyll's Helton 26 9 Ships arrived since L ,KET.—Feb. 7 Per Ton. e. 9 Walls End Wails - EntVemberfon 24 n u Walls - End Stewart's .......... ' 26 Walls End Hartlepool 9 Walls End Adelaide 25 g Walls End Nevin's Tantield 9O u„ Walls End St. Helen's Tees 25 "„ Walls End Smith Durham 95 " Walls End Tees 95 Walls End West Helton raat market-day, 102 LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKFT, FRE. 7. There was a good enquiry for Cotton at this day's market, and fair number of sales were made at somewhere about the rates quoted yesterday, though in consequence of there being many parties anxiong to sell, we cannot report Cotton as steady in value at present; middling to fine qualities are offering very plentifully. The whole businco, amounts to 3,000 bags. 30 Bahia, 8,1. ; 2,690 American, 7d. to Si d ': 60 Laguayra, 8d ; 50 PernArn, 9 lid. 120 Surat, sd. to 5 TotP , 3,000. COUNTRY CORN MARKETS DURING THE WE ' Wheat. j Barley. I o a t s . B eans . rea5f ..... ., Per Quarter. sto s. a . to S. Is.t o s. a . to s. • 5 ts. i 6' ...... Abingdon-- 44 50 30 34 22 30 38 - -- ..... Andover -....- 47 52 29 31 25 - 43 - - ..... Birmingham.....,.... 36 48 30 40 16 22 - 33 -* ..... Bridport - 28 50 32 36 26 30 - 39 --- ~.... Cirencester -,-..... 44 51 27 32 20 '25 32 40 -• .... Faringdon- 35 46 26 31.1 26 30 - 46 -- ..... Guildford ..,-...,........ 38 54 28 35 20 30 - 46 -- Hen1ey........-.... 42 58 26 32 23 26 - 43 - - 4 6 Hereford --- 36 49 2(3 32 '22 29 - 46 - .... Highworth --.... 42 60 32 42 '2B 31 - 56 - 39 Maidenhead --- 32 58 21 36 20 26 34 44 34 ..„.. Nlonniouth-.--. 46 44 32 34 22 29 31 40 - '`Reading ~.,,,,.,.,,,,w„ 34 57 25 35 20 27 33 42 35 .... Salilibury.,..-..._,. 44 54 30 34 20 26 41 46 Southampton ..-- 45 5o 33 40 28 32 - 4'2 - ..... .... Stroud ---. 36 44 '2B 36 20 '24 - 46 - Tewkesbury ...-.., 50 - 35 - 22 32 - 40 --- 42 Uxbridge - 40 48 '2B :32 17 28 - 40 - 49 VV antage 3'2 52 94 34 20 25 33 42 33 ..., Warminster --... 30 40 27 34 22 26 36 40 - Windsor 59 - - 21 22 - 35 - - 4 - g Worcester . 53 56 32 36 30 32 - 46 46 CHELTENHAM MARKETS. Per Bushel. s . d. t o s . d I P er lb . d. to a' Wheat 7 tiarley Oats 3 0 4 0 Veal Beans t. rva, hay 6l. Os to 6/. 10s. Od. put* ton. _______-... HU LL A RKET.—Feb. 6. Wheat, Old 5os AI Ms. 355. New 44s. 3Cs 05. ---- Foreign Oats, Poland -- Small or Feed.... —a. 16s. P3s --- Foreign —s. —v. —5.......... ............ —s. —s. —,. Barley, Norf. & Suf. 26s. —s. 325. Line. & Weld —a. 28s. 323 ' - Foreign ..., - 8.- - a. —E. Beans :l(is, :18s. 40s. Foreign —s. --8. — B . Pea,e, White— .. 4ls. 455. 465. Grey 3l.s. 265. 38s. Tarei ... - - 48 ___'_i